Jarl Alfredius
Jarl Martin Alfredius was a Swedish journalist and newsreader at Swedish Television.
Early life
Alfredius was born on 3 January 1943 in Solna, Sweden, the son of Martin Alfredius and his wife Märta. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1967 and attended the Journalisthögskolan i Stockholm in 1969.Career
Alfredius worked at Sveriges Radio's central editorial office from 1970 to 1972, and at Stockholms-Nytt 1972 to 1973, as well as Dagens Eko from 1973 to 1986. He presented Aktuellt in Sveriges Television from 1986.Alfredius also did TV shows for the Kunskapskanalen in 2004. He remained a news presenter at SVT until July 2008, when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.